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2017 Dates:

October 14

Price per person:

$67.00 Adult

$62.00 Child (ages 12 & under)

Tour includes:

-Deluxe motorcoach transportation via Hagey Coach

-Audio Tour of Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty

-Ferry Ride from New Jersey's Liberty State Park to
both attractions:

Statue of Liberty- admire the "Lady"
who welcomed so many to our shores.

Ellis Island - explore the museum of
living history by viewing the audio-visual presentation,
movies and artifact's from the many immigrants.

Access to the Crown
and Body of the Statue of Liberty is not included and is only
available on a limited basis. A different ticket is required to
which Groups do not have access. The access to the Statue's
Pedestal is included in the tour as well as the Ferry to both
destinations.

Access to the Crown and Body of the Statue of Liberty is not included and is only available on a limited basis. A different ticket is required to which Groups do not have access. The access to the Statue's Pedestal is included in the tour as well as the Ferry to both destinations.

9:45 a.m.

Arrive Liberty State Park, near Jersey City, New Jersey for the 10-minute ferry ride, included, to Ellis Island and/or Statue of Liberty. The ferry first stops at Ellis Island, and then the Statue of Liberty.

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To enhance your experience, a self-guided audio tour is included. You pick that up on the Islands. On Liberty Island, the 30 minute audio tour explores the history of the Statue of Liberty and its importance as a symbol of freedom and opportunity around the world. On Ellis Island, the 45 minute audio tour immerses you in the immigrant experience through narration and first hand immigrant accounts, inviting you to vividly relive the immigrant experience as if you were the "new arrival".

3:30 p.m.

Depart Ellis Island and/or Statue of Liberty on the ferry to New Jersey. When boarding the ferry for your return trip, be certain to be in the correct line for the New Jersey boat (not New York). The boat schedule varies; everyone is to be on board the coach by 4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Depart Liberty State Park.

6:30-7:00 p.m.

Approximate arrival home.

The History of Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

opened in 1892 as a federal immigration station, a purpose
it served for more than 60 years (it closed in 1954). Millions
of newly arrived immigrants passed through the station during
that time--in fact, it has been estimated that close to 40
percent of all current U.S. citizens can trace at least one of
their ancestors to Ellis Island.

When Ellis Island, a great change was taking place in
immigration to the United States. As arrivals from northern and
western Europe--Germany, Ireland, Britain and the Scandinavian
countries--slowed, more and more immigrants poured in from
southern and eastern Europe. Among this new generation were
Jews escaping from political and economic oppression in czarist
Russia and eastern Europe (some 484,000 arrived in 1910 alone)
and Italians escaping poverty in their country. There were also
Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Serbs, Slovaks and Greeks, along
with non-Europeans from Syria, Turkey and Armenia. The reasons
they left their homes in the Old World included war, drought,
famine and religious persecution, and all had hopes for greater
opportunity in the New World.

The Statue of Liberty is more than a
monument. She is a beloved friend, a living symbol of freedom
to millions around the world. These exhibits are a tribute to
the people who created her, to those who built and paid for
her, to the ideals she represents, and to the hopes she
inspires.

The Statue of Liberty exhibit, which opened in July 1986 and
is located on the second floor in the pedestal of the Statue,
traces the history and symbolism of the Statue of Liberty
through museum objects, photographs, prints, videos and oral
histories. In addition to historical artifacts and descriptive
text, full scale replicas of the Statue's face and foot are
also on display. The main historical sections include: From
Idea to Image, Fabricating the Statue, Stretching Technology,
Fundraising in France, The Pedestal, Fundraising in America,
and Complete at Last. The next area focuses on the symbolism of
Liberty with sections titled Mother of Exiles, Becoming the
Statue of America, Century of Souvenirs, The Image Exploited
and The Statue in Popular Culture.

~ Full refund is given for notice received 31 or more
days prior to the tour. For notice received within 30 days of
the tour, a Credit Letter is issued in the amount of the tour
minus any prepaid amounts. No show on the day of the tour,
there is no refund or credit.